Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] [prep] [art] [noun pl] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ After I win , I 'll take on some of the opponents Eubank has beaten , and do a better job , ’ said Piper . |
| 2 | This was actually rather brave considering the police marksmen lining the roofs ! |
| 3 | The child , it was thought , came into the world as a formless , inert blob of clay which was then moulded by parents , teachers , society , or whatever other forces he happened to come into contact with , and the shape that he eventually assumed was therefore entirely due to the characteristics others had decided to implant in him . |
| 4 | She looked at the polished coppery band , so different from the collars Samson forged along with fetters and thumbscrews for the slave trade . |
| 5 | When de Gaulle was warned that the recall of a soldier who was so popular with the pieds noirs might spark disturbances in Algeria , his reply was adamant : " If this decision provokes some local unrest , well we shall see . |
| 6 | One top pop agent reveals : ‘ With a single so high in the charts Felix should be earning up to £2,000 a night in clubs . |
| 7 | The reports of the SD station in Würzburg and its subsidiary agencies in the area offer an opportunity to explore the changing mood of the population of Lower Franconia in the light of the five air raids on the local town of Schweinfurt , an important centre of ball-bearing production , so crucial for the armaments industry , between August 1943 and April 1944 . |
| 8 | Certain key variables highlighted by Grant and Wallace correspond to those factors considered especially crucial by the flashpoints model . |
| 9 | Well that 's the lady bird and they 're never so pretty as the men birds . |
| 10 | By 1972 , however , he had apparently tired of the courts corruption and his own subordination to the king . |
| 11 | There were n't so many of the prejudices people have about education , or social status , or wealth . |
| 12 | Yes , of the 28 it looks at the moment as if there are only 4 from the Wolves area . |
| 13 | The homeland 's military leader , Gen. Bantu Holomisa , who had seized power in a coup in 1987 , was outspokenly opposed to the homelands system . |
| 14 | The railway lines to Prome and Mandalay are working again but it is hard work with only 1/5 of the number of pre-war engines , and only 1/3 of the goods wagons and hardly any of the passenger coaches . |
| 15 | The young boy did not appear after about September , but as the winters were so severe on the moors Ackroyd was not surprised . |
| 16 | ‘ Aggression is so important in the sports animal . ’ |
| 17 | Perhaps one of the reasons SunPics resisted the idea , other than the fact that it jeopardises the planet 's whole raison d'etre , is that the deal was reportedly sprung on them a week before it was signed . |
| 18 | In 1871 there were perhaps 120,000 in the Straits Settlements ( Malaya ) . |
| 19 | Only one of the soldiers Dr Haritos-Fatouros interviewed said the use of torture was justified . |
| 20 | The management have been extremely worried about the firms cash position over the last few years . |
| 21 | Tinned pilchards were only obtainable on the points system . |
| 22 | Similarly , although survival from entry into care is easy to calculate , it is of little use as it is highly sensitive to the admissions policy of the institutions studied . |
| 23 | Already some of the women staff demand to be escorted home after the evening shifts . |
| 24 | She ca n't ever get over some of the things people do , things that happen , every day . |
| 25 | The newness of the subject , the larger number of children affected by HIV , and the dearth of practice-based information are just some of the reasons Carol Lindsay Smith , Barnardo 's national development officer for HIV/AIDS , feels there is a certain amount of uncertainty and inaction in this area . |
| 26 | This month I 've chosen a variety of recipes — like cherry gâteau , banana and chocolate soufflé , and ginger truffles — to show just some of the ways chocolate can be used to add that special mouthwatering touch to your cooking . |
| 27 | Rather than just appropriate to the careers service . |
| 28 | Miles ( 1980 ) presents an ‘ ecology model ’ , not dissimilar to the systems models . |
| 29 | It is not uncommon for the police magazines to feature this antipathy to the academic , and especially the social science researcher : |
| 30 | I mean , some of these who could be passed round to see , to get the size , but some of these , in fact the grand total does not equal by the teams needs , in courses that 's why they are unsuccessful . |